Reis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REES
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Reis is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Reis mean?
Welsh: probably a spelling of Reece (Rhys)
Probably a phonetic spelling of Reece, from Welsh Rhys; Reis is also a common Portuguese surname meaning kings.
Is Reis a girl's or a boy's name?
Reis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Reis, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 boys.
2025 had more boys named Reis than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Reis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 227 boys in the UK were given Reis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #243, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Reis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Reis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Reis, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer boys named Reis than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Reis in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,981 boys in the US were given Reis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #202, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 15% of the babies named Reis in the US in 1999, and 26% in 2013.
Reis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 45 | #2,192 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Reis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan, Idris, Myles, Finn, Luca, Ronan, Rafe, Jude, Remy, Cooper, Lucas, Jax
Other spellings of Reis
Names related to Reis
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Bowen, Griffin, Gavin, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith, Brynn, Eira, Gwen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reis, updated 20 October 2026.